SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Maintenance of Army Facilities Components Systems (AFCS) Designs and Database
- Notice Date
- 6/2/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, Huntsville, US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY-09-R-0028
- Response Due
- 6/16/2009
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2009
- Point of Contact
- Paul Daugherty, 256-895-1456<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville
(paul.daugherty@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- 8a Competitive
- Description
- Sources Sought Announcement. NAICS 541330 - Engineering Services. Small Business Size Standard - $4.5 Million. The US Army Corps of Engineers is performing market research to identify firms capable of maintaining the Army Facilities Components Systems (AFCS) database. AFCS is a database of structural designs, bills of materials (BOM), logistics data, and related information that describes installations, facilities, buildings, and other structures and works commonly required by military forces for base development, lines of communication activities, and tactical operations. AFCS is primarily used by units in contingency operations, but can also be used to support construction for disaster relief and peacetime temporary construction. Military planners use AFCS to select the appropriate temporary facilities and to extract necessary information for construction planning. The AFCS database enables users to adapt required building materials to local climates. The AFCS design library contains simple and standard temporary facility designs that require minimum engineer support to be assembled. These designs allow non-engineer troops or indigenous labor to perform the majority of the work which enables the engineer to oversee multiple projects simultaneously. The unique and highly specialized services provided by AFCS support ongoing combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, disaster relief, and other contingency operations. The basic requirement is to perform studies and develop austere contingency designs and support data. AFCS designs are reviewed and updated to use unique state-of-the-art technology in construction designs, materials, and techniques to conserve resources. The AFCS database enables users to adapt required building materials to local customs. The AFCS design library contains simple and standard temporary facility designs that require minimum engineer support to be assembled. These designs allow non-engineer troops or indigenous labor to perform the majority of the work which enables the engineer to oversee multiple projects simultaneously. Services to be provided include, but are not limited to: (1) The development, conversion, and revision of drawings, bill of materials (BOM), Labor and Equipment Estimates (LEE) and construction process management estimates for a variety of facilities and installations in Army contingency operations; (2) Input of drawings, bill of materials (BOM), Labor and Equipment Estimates (LEE) and construction process management estimates into the AFCS32 database; (3) Revision and maintenance of Army Facilities Component System (AFCS) standards technical manual (TM); (4) Analysis of Theater of Operations (TO) Army Construction and facility requirements and preparation of criteria and plans for updating AFCS, AFCS32 designs and TOGS to satisfy those requirements and (5) Preparation of AFCS and AFCS32 drawings using Computer-Aided Design techniques and provision of digitized drawing in AFCS and AFCS32 input format. Customers access AFCS data through the Theater Construction Management System (TCMS). TCMS is a PC based automated construction planning, design, management, and reporting system that is used by military engineers for contingency construction activities. TCMS combines state-of-the-art computer hardware and software with the Army Facilities Component System (AFCS) design information to support engineering missions. Consequently, it is critical that the AFCS designs and data be in the proper data formats to interface with TCMS. The Government intends to procure the services through the award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (ID/IQ) with one base year ordering period and four one-year options. The total amount of the contract over the five year ordering period is not expected to exceed $25,000,000. Historically, this work has resulted in task orders ranging from $25,000 to $2,700,000. The selected firm must be able to execute at least twenty simultaneous task orders ranging in value from $100,000 to $5,000,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. The initial contract is anticipated to be awarded in Fiscal Year 2009. Potential 8(a)Small Business Contractors are invited it review the attached performance work statement and to submit a response to the Sources Sought Questionnaire. Potential contractors must be able to perform all of the duties in the performance work statement, or be able to form a team that can perform all of the duties. Submit responses to the Sources Sought Questionnaire only via E-mail to paul.c.daugherty@usace.army.mil. DO NOT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME. Do not submit extraneous materials such as cover letters, company brochures, marketing material, or a SF-330. Submittals must be received via E-mail no later than 4 PM Central Time 16 June 2009 to be considered. Only E-mail submittals will be accepted. Hard copy or fax submittals will not be accepted. The E-mail subject line must be 'AFCS Submittal W912DY-09-R-0028' This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only and IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will NOT reimburse the contractor for any cost associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL<br />
- Zip Code: 35807-4301<br />
- Zip Code: 35807-4301<br />
- Record
- SN01833790-W 20090604/090602235637-a4d746179213b0efa3c1ce2d5e396f67 (fbodaily.com)
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